The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-10
A TALK WITH GLADSTONE.

Ie Receives from America tho News IIe
Requested.
london Cdbh Eep FORK Sun.
Your correspondent presented to Mr..
Gladstone yesterday list prepared by the
Sun upon Mr.. Gladstone's suggestion Of
the names Of prominent Americans who
have publicly declared against the coer.
cion policy CT the British government.
The grand old friend OF Ireland was most
interested In reading the names OF the big
Americans who have been giving him
their moral support, and in the facts com.
municated to him by the Sun concerning
Mr.. Eugene Kelly's Irish Parliamentary
fund.
The names with which Mr.. Gladstone
appeared most familiar were those OF
Blaine, Sherman and Evssts. But he
went over the liat with care, and asked
about many Of the men whose names
were unfamiliar to him. The American
admirers OF the Grand Old Man will be
glad to hear that he was looking we'll, and
that his parliamentary labots did not ap.
pear to have produced any evil effect.
He had Just come in from DOLLS Hill.
where he had been cutting trees, and WAC
seen in Lady Frederick Cavendish'a
house, Carlton House terrace, hard at
work in little room which lie had turn.
ed into atudy. Parliamentary papers
and heavy looking books were ncattered
all about, and shortly after my arrival
Mrs. Gladstone came in and added al
arniul more Of books and papers to the
big collection through which her husband
was travelling. Mr.. Gladstone was pre-
pairing for fight against the Coercion Bill
in committee, md Mrs. Gladstone was at
work helping him to dig out the solid
facts, which give weight to bis crushing
speeches.
It was. an interesting sight and an in.
spring one. Ayoung lawyer and his vile
laborlng together could not have been
more utterly engrossed and enthusiastic,
MIR. Gladstone remarked with emile that
there would be lot Of talking done vet
before the Coercion bill could poesibly be
passed. As one in the fight be did not
care to predict the result, but he was glad
to take the opportunity 10 say to Ameri-
cans how much their sympathy ard cup
port had done to encourage him. "The
kindness and good feeling shown to mo by
the American people," said Mr.. Glad
stone with apparent emotion, will always
ba deeply impressed upon my mind and
heart. My great regret is that I shall
probably never have the pleasure OF gee.
ing them at home and speaking to them
myseli."
MIR. Gladstone was asked why he could
not 50 ovor to see us, and whether he had
any idea Of the reception which awaited
him in America; whether he appreciated
that the onti.e country would welcome
him, and that his arrival would create
grentes intereat Than that OF any other
man in Europe.
"Ah, that" said he, "is just what have
been afraid OF. A quiet journey might
stand, bu. arch welcome as American
kindness has led me to expect is what my
who rule me. would never
allow. l fear besides, you know, that an
old man seyenty.eight years old, whose
strength is more chan needed for bis york
at home, has scarcely right to spend it
in crossing the Atlantic"
Like moot Europeans who have never
crossed the ocean, Mr.. Gladstone appears
10 look npon the journey to America as q
great and rcdou6table undertaking, one
quite to BIO compared with the oripins,
trip made by Columbus. So it is not yery
likely that those Americans will ever SEQ
hin who DO not come to England.